Spoonerisms can also involved switched words as well. Your pigeon example reminded me of a famous radio spoonerism in the 1940s. A talk show host was introducing actor Walter Pidgeon and concluded with "Mr. Pleasure this is indeed a Pigeon"
We should stop before the "silver list" becomes the "liver cyst" (which you might want to treat with silver...) -----Original Message----- From: Terry Dickinson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, December 04, 1999 9:18 AM Subject: Re: CS>Spoonerisms/Off Topic >For the record: > >A. W. Spooner of Oxford University, renowned amongst his students for >his verbal mistakes through nervousness when lecturing. Died about 1930 >but his memory lingers on...... > >Regards Terry > >"Sharon L. House" wrote: >> >> James wrote, in part: >> >> >It is called a "Spoonerism", from a character in an English novel, can't >> >remember the writer, maybe Dickens. Or something like that. A play on >> >words, specific to this language. >> >> Oh, I am so far behind with my e-mail. But just have to reply to this. >> Spoonerisms are one of my favorite things in life. Probably the best I've >> heard is: >> >> A well-oiled bicycle becomes a well-boiled icicle. >> >> Here's another good one only this time it's not technically a spoonerism, I >> guess. Instead of switching the first letters of the words, the words >> themselves are switched, in this case, inadvertently. One of the best >> bloopers of old-time radio involved a crime story where two inmates in >> adjoining cells were sharing their stories. One asked the other how he came >> to be there and the other replied, "some dirty squeal pigeon stooled on me." >> >> Sharon >> >> -- >> The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. >> >> To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >> [email protected] -or- [email protected] >> with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. >> >> To post, address your message to: [email protected] >> Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >> List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
